Natixis
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With equities in green, Thursday was a fair sailing day for corporate bond issues in Europe, and five issuers took advantage, including two French names and two Swedish. Demand was strong and terms tight. -
A pair of French agencies hit screens with new SRI notes this week. On Wednesday, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations came to market with its debut sustainable bond, the first under a new green, social and sustainable framework. And on Thursday, Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens steamed in with its second ever green bond.
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Ford Motor Credit and Aéroports de Paris issued investment grade corporate bonds in Europe on Tuesday, while Spie joined them with an IG-style but high yield-rated deal.
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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) on Tuesday came to market with its debut sustainable bond, the first under its new green, social and sustainable framework.
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A unit of China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) has returned to the loan market for a two-tranche borrowing of €550m.
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Investors proved their appetite for corporate bonds this week by gobbling €5bn of them on a single day, as Publicis Groupe and BMW issued jumbo deals on a second consecutive day of heavy issuance in Europe.
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After 10 days of very scanty issuance and some weak markets, more stable conditions on Tuesday brought a salvo of five deals to the euro corporate bond market, offering a wide range of single-A and triple-B credits.
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Russian potash fertiliser Uralkali has signed its five year $1.45bn-equivalent loan with 13 lenders joining the syndicate. With Uralkali and Suek now signed, lenders have started to prepare for EuroChem.
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Mizuho Financial Corp marketed a senior bond on Tuesday, breaking the silence in the financial institutions bond market this week. The issuer attracted €1.7bn of orders, showcasing its established name in a quiet market.
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) hit two parts of the dollar curve on June 3, selling two tranches of floating rate notes worth $750m each.
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Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, the Spanish building and services firm run by Florentino Perez, is seeking to list its renewable energy unit, Zero-E, as early as autumn 2019, according to two sources close to the transaction.
